savetheearth | Second Song [Video]

[ Hey. Linda's using video this time! This is pretty weird, unless you're one of the few people who've actually talked to her with video before. Most of the time she just does text. ]

Okay. I've been sitting on this for about a week, because I was hoping that staring at it long enough would make me suddenly realize what this thing is. But I'm not having any luck, so...

[ She holds up a necklace that's mostly a red jewel on a chain, shifting it around a bit to make sure that most of it is in the view of her webcam. ]

Does this thing look familiar to anyone on here? Because I keep staring at it and I'm drawing a blank, but I got it back during that pulsing, so... [ It's obviously important, which is why Linda's keeping it with her instead of just sticking it in her drawer and forgetting about it. Though speaking of pulses...]

Also, speaking of pulses, has anyone else gotten a skill that they completely sucked at before the pulse? I used to be terrible at singing, but ever since that light a week ago I've suddenly been able to sing... well, not amazingly, but way better than just decent.

It really feels, well, weird. Like some sort of law of physics has been broken or something. I mean, I know the weird part is normal for everyone, but for some reason this seems weirder to me than, I don't know, suddenly getting green skin would've. At least I would've been expecting something like that, after some of the other stuff I've heard about here.

So yeah, how many of us got 'simple mundane skill we sucked at before' instead of a superpower from these things?

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[ Okay, her students probably would think that's pretty awesome, but its not what she needs here! ]

I don't know where I'd even start with something like that, though... This. This isn't exactly something very common, you know?

[ Yeah, it's not going away without just moving out of town, but... Locke City was her home. She'd spent most of her life there. ]

[ Good question. It takes her a little while to think about it, but well... ]

Do you think there's anyone who's part of this network who might be able to invest in making some sort of training area so that you can practice without worrying too much?

[ The adult here probably had spoken to a lot more people than she had, after all. ]

... But even if there isn't, maybe you can ask other people what they did to start experimenting with their powers and then go ahead and try that if it's something you can do?

[ You'd be surprised at that actually, Linda - Natalie hasn't spoken to a lot of people here. You've actually probably got a leg up on her.

So, she shakes her head. ]

I... honestly couldn't tell you. I'm sure it would be useful for people... able to use their abilities better, at least...

[ Though she looks skeptical, in general. ]

I'm a little worried at just experimenting. I'm worried what I've got could do a lot of damage, honestly.

[ Well, it's not like she's really able to know that. But she frowns a bit when she hears that last part. Because seriously, if you have no idea how to use your powers but you know you have them, things could get awkward pretty quickly.]

So... what happens when you accidentally set it off because you have no idea what you're doing? I mean, it's not like you have a way of shutting it off, right?

[ Unless you do, in which case she'll let this drop. ]

[ ...

She frowns deeply. ]

No.

You're right, I don't.

Then you really don't have much of a choice here. We need to figure out something that you can do for testing them. I mean, you can't be the first person to be shooting out a lot of lasers or have abilities that are really destructive.

[ At least, she hopes, anyway. For all she knew, everyone else just got lucky. ]

[ Sigh. ]

No, you're right. Even just having watched news reports from when the snake attacked, I... know that much. I just don't know where to start, and...

[ She closes her eyes. ] I need to give it some thought.

[ Well, Linda really wishes that she could do more to help. But she really has no idea of who to point this woman to to ask for help. ]

Well... umm... at least this network is pretty much private, so you don't have to worry about people you don't want knowing about your abilities finding out about it before you know what you're doing?

I... suppose there is that. [ Provided she can, you know, trust everyone here. That's a question in and of itself, but she doesn't voice it. ]

...thank you, though. I'm sorry, you were talking about what you found and I only ended up going on about myself...

Don't worry about it. [ Linda usually might've been a little bit more annoyed, but well, this woman is obviously disturbed a bit by what she's gotten back so far. So being annoyed was the last thing she should do right now. ]

Besides, it's not like I really got a lot of definitely answers about what this could be anyway. Just speculation and stuff. So I don't really mind it.

Mm, of course... I just.

[ Sigh. ]

I have a lot to think about, and... a lot to do, it would seem.

Well, good luck with getting everything going, I guess.

[ She pauses, remembering something just maybe a bit important. ]

Oh. I don't think I introduced myself yet. My name's Linda. It's nice to meet you.

[ BLINK. ]

Oh, I'm sorry! Where are manners. My name's Natalie Tamura.

Thank you, though - you've given me a few things I really do need to think about.

You're welcome. I'm glad that talking to me helped you with that. [ They were all in this thing together, they really should help each other out, after all. ]

So... umm... is there anything else you want to talk about?

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